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Children of ruin

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Following the events of Children of Time, a joint mission of humans and spider allies investigates a terraformed planet. They discover that ancient human intervention has awakened a dangerous alien life form on the world of Nod.

Accession 33459 ISBN 9781509865833 Publisher MacMillan
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